Truthout
Op-Ed
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Keywords in Black Protest: A(n Anti-)Vocabulary
The authors critique four keywords used to describe events to create a new vocabulary of Black protest.
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Okinawans Want Their Land Back. Is That So Hard to Understand?
Okinawa, which hosts 75 percent of US military bases in Japan, is balking at plans for another base.
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Bill Moyers: The Challenge of Journalism Is to Survive in the Pressure Cooker of Plutocracy
What happens to a society fed a diet of rushed, re-purposed, thinly reported “content?”
D-Day 71st Anniversary: Rejecting the Commemoration of War
The US empire fought numerous wars in the 20th century.
Sri Lanka: A New Reality in Uneasy Peacetime
Arriving in Sri Lanka's Bandaranaike International Airport was just the first taste of the irony.
A Civilian Is a Combatant Is a Civilian Is a Combatant
What happens when a bunch of lawyers intent on distinguishing combatants from civilians discover that it cannot be done?
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Wine Empire Replaces Redwood Empire
Local residents and nature have been dominated by these outside investors; they reap the benefits, while the environment and residents pay the costs.
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Corporate Welfare Fails to Deliver the Jobs: The Sad Case of Start-Up NY
Many state and local government officials have such a limited, business-oriented mentality that they cannot imagine an alternative to corporate welfare.
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Why a Living Wage Is Still the Best Solution to Poverty: A Critique of Warren Buffet
His suggestion to expand the EITC makes as much sense as someone bringing a lone fire extinguisher to put out a forest fire.
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Beyond the Middle East: The Rohingya Genocide
Tony Abbott's logic is as pitiless as his decision to abandon the world's most persecuted minority in their darkest hour.